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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1264116, member: 26302&quot;]I knew you would have a better answer than mine for us. </p><p><br /></p><p>My first thought were simply that the few mints in the Gallic empire were small ones to begin with. The Western mints were always the smaller ones if you exclude Rome since the economy was not as robust as the East. You compared versus Antioch, but I do not think these mints had nearly the size of any of these Eastern mints. I do remember officiana marks being much less numerous, which would indicate their size. </p><p><br /></p><p>Its a great thought about die life, but I would simply be careful. This analysis would be supposing that the same materials would be used. I would not be surprised at all if substandard die material was used, since it was not common material and I doubt the Romans would have been willing to tried with the breakaway empire die material to strike coins with. It could be useful, but am just warning that assuming die life equal to other documented Roman issues could be troublesome and misleading.</p><p><br /></p><p>So basically Doug are you saying you would believe 5 million a month approximately? I am trying to figure out the scope of issues you believe the original author may have meant. Even given the soldier&#039;s pay, that number seems high to me, given that the economy of the area was less advanced than the East.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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